| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dimness |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, blackness, coolness, cover, darkness, dusk, gloominess, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, screen, semidarkness, shadiness, shadow, shadows, umbra, umbrage |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color hue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green, etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness), and tint is a pale variation of a color |
Antonyms: |
brightness, light |
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
Synonyms: |
apparition, bogey, haunt, manes, phantasm, phantom, revenant, shadow, specter, spirit, umbra, wraith |
| Main Entry: | shadow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | darkness |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, cover, dark, dimness, dusk, gloom, obscuration, obscurity, penumbra, protection, shade, shelter, umbra, umbrage |
Antonyms: |
brightness, light |
| Main Entry: | soul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being |
Synonyms: |
body, character, creature, ghost, human being, individual, living soul, man, mortal, person, personage, phantom, shadow, spirit, umbra, woman |
| Main Entry: | spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ghost |
Synonyms: |
apparition, eidolon, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spook, sprite, supernatural being, umbra, vision, wraith |
Antonyms: |
being, reality |
| Concept: | Shade. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; light in general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
shade; awning (cover); parasol, sunshade, umbrella; chick; portiere; screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, mantle, mask; cloud, mist, gathering. of clouds., umbrage, glade; shadow.
-verbs
draw a curtain; put up a shutter, close a shutter; veil; cast a shadow (darken).
-adjectives
shady, umbrageous.
-phrases
"welcome ye shades! ye bowery thickets hail" [Thomson]
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Antonyms: |
luminary |
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